title: Revisit of a dipropargyl rhodamine probe reveals its alternative ion sensitivity in both a solution and live cells.
abstract: This study reveals that a dipropargyl rhodamine B derivative previously described as a reaction-based irreversible palladium probe responds, however, more sensitively to mercury with a reversible "turn-on" fluorescence. The probe also shows a much better imaging ability for mercury than for palladium in live cells.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd., P.R. China. xphe@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kai-Bin
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: Xiao-Peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Guo-Rong
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kaixian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002477:Cells; D007477:Ions; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015335:Molecular Probes; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D015335:Molecular Probes; D012235:Rhodamines; D012996:Solutions